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Bush crony nominated to guard U.S. borders

I'm happy to see that Michelle Malkin is on the warpath against Julie Myers, President Bush's nominee to head the the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Myers is a woefully underqualified 35 year old Washington lawyer whose resume reveals scant experience with immigration law ... or law enforcement of any kind. If confirmed, this youngster will report to Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, and she'll be running the second-largest investigative agency in the federal government. Among other things, she'll have a multi-billion-dollar budget, 20,000+ subordinates, and she will be responsible for guarding our leaky borders against terrorist infiltrators, illegal aliens and drug smugglers.

Here's the real outrage. Myers has two family connections to the Bush Administration, says The Washington Post:

Her uncle is Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, the departing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She married Chertoff's current chief of staff, John F. Wood, on Saturday.

Holy freakin' cannolis! Rescind that nomination now, Mr. President, and deliver a swift kick in the rump to whoever advised you to choose Julie Myers.

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Bloggers across the Blogosphere -- left, right and center -- are teeing off on the Bush administration's nomination of Julie Myers to be the head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). As I reported on Sep 18 Senator... Read More

When Michelle Malkin and Maureen Dowd agree on something, it’s worth understanding. The Bush administration is seeking to appoint Julie Myers to head the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, part of the Department of Homeland S... Read More